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Tz'atz' Nah, a "New" Term in the Classic Mayan Lexicon
(2015-04-22)
The inscriptions of Palenque provide us with a number of extended narrative texts that are rich sources of Classic Maya terms for various classes of objects, used both in simple descriptions and in metaphorical contexts. ...
Filling the Grid? More Evidence for the <t’a> Syllabogram
(2016-09-07)
This epigraphic note reviews David Stuart’s proposal for a t’a syllabogram and enriches the evidence for his reading by providing more examples in different productive contexts.
Neue Ergebnisse in der Erforschung der Graphemik und Graphetik des Klassischen Maya
(2018)
The hitherto only partially deciphered Maya hieroglyphic writing system is one of the most em-inent examples of the development of writing in the world. The present article discusses a new description scheme for graphemes ...
The Orthographic Conventions of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing: Being a Contribution to the Phonemic Reconstruction of Classic Mayan
(2014)
This study investigates the orthography of Maya writing on an empirical and statistical basis. It restricts itself to the realisation of certain grammatical morphemes that are selected as representative showcases. Furthermore, ...
Annual Report for 2015
(2016-03-29)
The only partially deciphered Maya hieroglyphic script and language constitute the primary focus of this research project, which has been carried out cooperatively by the University of Bonn and the Göttingen State and ...
Glyphs G and F: Identified as Aspects of the Maize God
(2006)
Consequently, though many single signs of each G-Glyph have been deciphered in the last decades in other contexts, no attempt was undertaken to re-apply these readings to the G-Glyphs and to make a critical review of the ...
Jahresabschlussbericht 2014
(2014-12-19)
Die nur teilweise entzifferte Hieroglyphenschrift und Sprache der Mayakultur steht im Mittelpunkt des hier zur Diskussion stehenden Forschungsprojekts, das in Kooperation zwischen den Universitäten Bonn und Göttingen ...
A Preliminary Ruling Sequence of Cobá, Quintana Roo
(2004)
Within this note, I will make the attempt to establish a preliminary dynastic sequence for Cobá. Unfortunately, no key expressions for the demarcation of distinctive rulers can definitely be made out in the texts, such as ...
Beobachtungen zur possessiven Morphologie von Glyphe F
(2003)
Vorliegende Notiz beschäftigt sich mit den Flexionsaffixen von Glyphe F, die zusammen mit Glyphe G die in der Literatur so bezeichneten "Neun Herren der Nacht" benennt (Thompson 1950: 208).
Evaluating the Digital Documentation Process from 3D Scan to Drawing
(2015-04-17)
The "Text Database and Dictionary of Classic Mayan" project acquired a Breuckmann smartSCAN C5 structured-light scanner for high-resolution and three-dimensional documentation of Maya artefacts with inscriptions. Renderings ...












